Oval Peak 8,795ft September 30, 2018, 4:15am – 9:15pm Eric Gilbertson 50 miles (42 miles hiking, 8 miles mountain biking), 11,000ft gain I’ve been working on tightening my completion time window for the Bulgers, and just finished climbing Abernathy and the Gardners on Saturday evening. It was raining when I… Continue reading
Abernathy Peak (8,321ft), Gardner Mountain (8,898ft), and North Gardner Mountain (8,956ft) Eric Gilbertson September 29, 2018 5:30am – 6:30pm 34 miles, 8,000ft gain A portion of the Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness had just been reopened from fire closures, and that meant Abernathy and the Gardners were available for climbing. I’d… Continue reading
Eldorado Peak (8,868ft), Primus Peak (8,508ft) and Austera Peak (8,334ft) September 23-24, 2018 Eric, Colie, and Ethan It was the last weekend before the fall quarter started at Seattle University, and was hoping to reclimb a few more Bulger peaks to tighten my finishing time. Classes started Wednesday, and it… Continue reading
Colchuck Peak (8,705ft) and Dragontail Peak (8,804ft) September 18, 2018 – 6:30am – 3:30pm Eric Gilbertson I think Colchuck is the peak that has turned me around the most out of any of the Bulgers. In November 2015 Katie and I made it to the col above Colchuck Glacier but… Continue reading
Switchback Mountain, Martin Peak, Bigelow Peak, Hoodoo Peak, Raven Ridge September 15, 2018 42.5 miles (40 miles hiking, 2.5 mile mountain biking) 5:30am-11:55pm Eric Gilbertson A few trails had just been reponed from fire closures in the sawtooth mountains in eastern Washington, and it looked like I could hit five… Continue reading
Cashmere Mountain (8,501ft) and Colchuck Peak Attempt September 8, 2018 Eric Gilbertson Aaron and I finished climbing Snowfield Peak on September 7 and headed back to Darrington that evening. Aaron headed back to Seattle, but I headed back east to climb some more peaks. I drove through pouring rain and… Continue reading
Snowfield Peak (8,347ft) September 6-7, 2018 Eric and Aaron After getting back to the trailhead from Glacier Peak in the afternoon September 5, I pulled into the IGA in Darrington to load up on some junk food. I was trying to reclimb a bunch of Bulger peaks to tighten my… Continue reading
Glacier Peak (10,520ft) September 4-5, 2018 Eric Gilbertson I got back to the Mt Adams trailhead in the later afternoon on Sept 3 after a day-trip to the summit, and started heading north towards my next objective, Glacier Peak. The fastest route had me driving through Seattle, so I figured… Continue reading
Mount Adams (12,276ft) September 3, 2018, 9am-3:15pm Eric Gilbertson I finished climbing Argonaut Peak on September 2 and made the long drive down towards Mt Adams. I’d climbed Adams twice before, in 2007 and in 2016, but needed to reclimb it to tighten my Bulgers finishing time window. I arrived… Continue reading
Argonaut Peak (8,453ft) September 2, 2018 10am-4:30pm Eric Gilbertson I had just climbed Pinnacle and Emerald peaks on September 1 and was sleeping in the car at a pulloff on Entiat River road. I got up at 5am and was soon driving south. I had previously climb Argonaut in May… Continue reading